Drawing in Perspective
May 21, 2008 – 10:07 pmA few months ago, we wrote a post with a few videos from Karl Gude on a few key drawing skills. The one on drawing in perspective was particularly interesting. While Karl later pointed out that it had a few errors (like the telephone polls not being in perspective), but in any case many people found the introduction of perspective very helpful.
While I was in Germany last week planning for VizThink Europe ‘08 (October 12 -14), I transferred through the Frankfurt am Main train station. The lobby area had a very nice display of a variety of hands on scientific expiraments. One that caught my eye was this one about perspective. It’s a very simple example demonstrating the concept of a vanishing point. When viewed from the side, the train tracks look parallel:
The closer you move toward center:
The more the parallel lines appear to merge at the vanishing point in the distance:
…a beautifully simple, visual example. For tips on how to draw in perspective, check out Karl’s video at our earlier blog post.
